If “The Oresteia” is a juicy saga of family revenge swelling into public justice, and also the only trilogy we have from ancient Greece, why is it so rarely staged? “People are afraid of them,” says ...

NEW HAVEN >> Agamemnon. There’s a name from high school literature class. (And I’m not talking about the kid who sat next to you.) But often what’s ancient has real resonance today. So the Yale School ...

In the last year of his life, Ted Hughes completed translations of three major dramatic works: Racine's Phedre, Euripedes' Alcestis, and the trilogy of plays known as at The Oresteia, a family story ...

The last time I saw Jessica Brown Findlay, she was in her nightdress and I was in my pajamas. She was having a baby, and I was eating potato chips. She died shortly afterwards, but her child survived, ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. Aeschylus' Oresteia-the three plays known as Agamemnon, The Libation ...

For his valedictory production as Shakespeare Theatre Company’s artistic director, Michael Kahn has chosen to take us back to the dawn of Western drama. It’s a harrowing excursion to be sure. But in ...

Splendid Productions present an epic, murderous tale of family, history, vengeance and honour in a story nearly as old as theatre. Condensing Aeschylus’s classic trilogy into an hour, Splendid’s regal ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Two Robert Icke productions have endured illnesses and last-minute casting changes. Now they have finally settled into a repertory groove. By Juan A.

A fat lady does sing (more than once) toward the end, but that's hardly the only operatic aspect to Berkeley Rep's current "The Oresteia." The three-play Aeschylus cycle emerges as a two-evening epic ...